1905

Though the lighter shades of green on our northern hillsides will have gone through their cycle of brilliant reds and flaming yellows to be replaced by bare branches, except for faithful pines and other evergreens, before these notes reach your eyes, yet there are several bits of news from the summer which you will want to see.

Charlie Goodrich and Ruth, "the bride of 50 years," as the "Valley Times" of Pittsfield, N. H., put it, celebrated their golden wedding at a reception at their summer home at Suncook Lake, Center Barnstead, August 24. Present were all the family, including their daughter, Ruth (Malek) and son Richard and four grandchildren, besides 90 guests. Hearty congratulations, Ruth and Charlie! You will recall that Charlie did the class honor with his able address at our 50 year reunion.

In the Boston Sunday Herald of June 23 there appeared a letter, timely and pointed, by Royal Parkinson on the subject of labor racketeering. He raises the question as to whether Dave Beck and the McClellan Committee have not convinced us that the union members need protection from unscrupulous officers; he suggests that the remedy might be to put the control of dues payments back into the hands of the rank and file of union members. As you know, Royal is an authority and very active in the field of labor and industrial relations. He went by plane to California on a two-week business trip in August.

On this trip Royal learned of the tragic death of Everett, son of Howard and Esther Billman, in an automobile accident. He was one of the twin boys whose progress we have watched with interest. Everett had been an outstanding student scholastically and had been selected as the best all-round student in his graduating class at Arosi High School, Calif. We extend our deep-felt sympathy to Howard and Esther in their sad loss.

"Tub" Besse writes that he enjoyed a luncheon on June 27 in honor of Ed Redman '06. The occasion was Ed's retirement as manager of the New York Dartmouth Club, where he had served ably and pleasantly for many years. Tub also says he was in Hanover in June when he enjoyed himself very much. He saw C. C. Hills, Ed Richardson, Fred Chase and Norm Stevenson of our class. He also attended the boat race, something he says he had never dreamed of.

Word has reached me that Fred Weston had intended to attend the wedding of Jim Stone's niece in Dunbarton, N. H., in June, but that he landed in St. Luke's Hospital instead. This illness kept him from our reunion, too. At last account he was feeling pretty good, but not planning to do any surveying for a while.

Walt Conley's struggle to recover his health after severe set-backs has been much on our minds. However, when Mildred and I visited him in Morristown Memorial Hospital recently, we were greatly encouraged to find him sitting up and taking a lively interest in all the news we had to offer. He was very pleased and grateful for all the cards and notes that he had received from the men of the class. He was looking forward to being able to return home soon. Ed Gilbert has been a great help by visiting Walt frequently and taking pains to let some of us know how his health was progressing.

Still another of our class family to have to undergo surgery was C. C.'s wife, Isabel Hills. She was in the Hanover Hospital in August but was later reported at home and recovering satisfactorily.

Word reached me, as I was finishing these notes, that Fred Chase had undergone an operation at Massachusetts General Hospital on September 25, and was progressing toward recovery very satisfactorily.

Secretary, 358 North Fullerton Ave. Upper Montclair, N. J.

Treasurer, 5 Pine Ridge Road, West Medford, Mass.

Bequest Chairman,